The 80,800 Jews in Cleveland are moving east and are not aging as much as many believed, a
The contracted Jewish Policy and Action Research (JPAR), a professional survey services company, to phone people in all of Cuyahoga and parts of Portage, Geauga, Lake, Summit and Lorain Counties.
The most significant increase in Jewish population - 44 percent higher than the last survery in 1996 - was seen in a cluster that includes Beachwood, Solon and the East Side and Southeast suburbs.
The results show that the Jewish population has declined by 39 percent in the Northern Heights - including Highland Heights, Mayfield Heights, and Mayfield - but stayed steady in Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights and University Heights.
The Jewish population of Northeast Ohio is made up of more children than elderly, but baby boomers make the largest portion.
“The idea is to use all of this information to inform the planning and services of local Jewish organizations,” said Jewish Federation of Cleveland Senior Associate of Planning and Allocations Shelley Fishbach.
The Federation conducts the survey every 10 to 15 years. The last survey, conducted in 1996, found that 83 percent of households in Beachwood have at least one person who identifies as Jewish.
We're crunching the numbers at Patch. Expect more stories about the details in the report - and what it means for you - soon. Click on the PDF to the right to see the full report.
Living Jewish, but to present in your same superficial trite format, I can say - "Many of my best friends are not Jewish." And - so what? I feel sad for your simplistic, material views on life; and for the fear-hate "othering" you demonstrate; and/or need to rabble rouse just for you to feel a modicum of "more","power" or maybe "joy." PATCH to me is an "event" that works very hard on presenting objective, wide-ranging, up-to-date news for individuals and communities to thoughtfully gather and grow together. Thus, to me, your comments like this one do not belong here. And as for the one above, demand sincere apology - maybe even along with your real name.
Nr Ness , As a resident of Cleveland Hts and a business owner in University Hts I can tell you that both communities are still great. Your problem is that you DON'T drive through any more so are ASSUMING that we are not. Anne
Just to clarify - I too am a resident of Cleveland Heights, and former resident and councilperson in Univ. Hts. I completely agree with you about the absolute excellence of both communities, as well as that of Solon, Beachwood, Lakewood, etc. etc. etc. Not sure about exactly to whom you addressed your above comments, just want to make myself more clear.
Last year a man was shot to death on Meadowbrook. There are frequent problems at CVS at Cedar-Lee and many times the police have to drive along side the Roxboro kids while they are walking home. This is not how it was when I grew up here and I won't lie about it to pretend it's excellent here.